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' S____ ' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area.' South ' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area.
Next week the President will visit five South American countries in six days.
...the states of Mississippi and South Carolina.
word south
full-definition
noun
The south is the direction which is on your right when you are looking towards the direction where the sun rises .
The town lies ten miles to the south of here.
All around him, from east to west, north to south, the stars glittered in the heavens.
The south of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south.
...holidays in the south of France.
The South is used to refer to the poorer, less developed countries of the world.
The South is poorer than the North, and the divide is growing.
adverb
If you go south, you travel towards the south.
We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel.
He went south to climb Taishan, a mountain sacred to the Chinese.
Something that is south of a place is positioned to the south of it.
They now own and operate a farm 50 miles south of Rochester.
I was living in a house just south of Market Street.
adjective
The south edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the south.
...the south coast of Alderney.
' South ' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area.
Next week the President will visit five South American countries in six days.
...the states of Mississippi and South Carolina.
A south wind is a wind that blows from the south.
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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